Another win for Brexiteers... and another loss for Jeremy Corbyn

MPs mingle in the Commons after voting in the latest debate on Brexit Credit:
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Remarkable. This evening, at around half past five, Chris Leslie (Lab, Nottingham East) complained that the debate about Article 50 hadn’t been long enough.

Not long enough? It had been going on so long I could barely remember when it began. Sometime around Christmas, I think. Christmas 1992. A colleague insists it only started on Monday, but this is patently nonsense. It feels as if it’s been dragging on forever. The last time I saw my son, I was dropping him off at nursery. Now I probably need to drop him off at university. Which reminds me, I must call my wife. Assuming she still is my wife.

Anyway, no disrespect to the MPs involved yesterday, but in terms of arguments about Brexit we were pretty much down to the dregs. The leftovers. The ring of grey round the edge of the bath.